shared bus switch

shared bus switch definition - telecom
A switch with a single high-speed bus that is shared by all incoming and outgoing ports on a time-division multiplexing (TDM) basis.This is a relatively low cost approach commonly used in smaller, local area network (LAN) workgroup switches where issues of congestion typically are relatively modest. See also bus, LAN, LAN switch, port, switch, TDM, and workgroup switch.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.